Debian bug report logs - #1717 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1717: gopherd recommends freeWAIS - nonexistent package Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:03:11 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: gopherd X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 01:03:11 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:59:00 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t6SFm-0000zDC; Fri, 20 Oct 95 17:57 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA07274 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 20 Oct 1995 17:57:08 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t6SFZ-0007uOC; Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:57 BST Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t6SFM-0002aWC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:57 BST Message-Id: Date: Sat, 21 Oct 95 01:57 BST From: Ian Jackson To: Debian bugs submission address Package: gopherd Version: 2.1.1-2 The `gopherd' package says: recommends: freeWAIS However, there is no package `freeWAIS', nor does any package Provide `freeWAIS'. (Packages-Master of the 21st of October, 00:49GMT.) This means that when you select gopherd in dselect you get a conflict/dependency resolution screen which is supposed to warn you about this potential problem (remember that a Recommends line is quite a strong recommendation). (Currently - dpkg 1.0.5 - the conflict/dependency resolution screen is less informative than it might be; I intend to improve this, but the problem will not go away until the bad recommendation is fixed.) Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1717: Acknowledgement (was: gopherd recommends freeWAIS - nonexistent package) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1717" or "Re: Bug#1717" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov